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Troublesome Words (Paperback)
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What is the difference between mean and median, blatant and flagrant, flout and flaunt? Is it whodunnit or whodunit? Do you know? Are you sure? With Troublesome Words, journalist and bestselling travel-writer Bill Bryson gives us a clear, concise and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage and spelling that has been an indispensable companion to those who work with the written word for over twenty years. So if you want to discover whether you should care about split infinitives, are cursed with an uncontrollable outbreak of commas or were wondering if that newsreader was right to say 'an historic day', this superb book is the place to find out.

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141040394
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 181 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 16 mm

Coming from Des Moines, Iowa – because, as he notes, ‘somebody had to’ – bestselling Anglo-American author Bill Bryson has won over a legion of readers with his books which comprise travelogues, memoirs and popular works of history and science. His best-known works include Notes from a Small Island, Neither Here Nor There and A Short History of Nearly Everything.

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“A reference book you'll read from start to finish”

An A–Z of words that are commonly misused, this is the perfect present for anyone who enjoys the subtleties of the English language. Compiled when Bryson was a subeditor on the Times. its entertainment value comes in... More

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